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Complete Your Porsche Taycan With a $15,000 Carbon Fiber Body Kit

When in Doubt, Add Carbon Fiber The base Porsche Taycan 4S starts at $103,800 with the Turbo edition bumping the price up to $150,900 and the Turbo S edition cranking that price up to $185,000; close to double the base models price. If that isn’t enough clink for your wallet and...

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Porsche Unveils 911 Turbo S Collaboration With Embraer

Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur’s Creation Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur has worked with Brazilian aircraft builder Embraer for a limited-run of private jet-inspired 911 Turbo S cars, according to EVO. The special division is known for its astonishing creations, and this one is perhaps it’s most impressive. The collaboration will yield just 10...

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FOR SALE: 2007 Porsche 911 GT3

Don’t Wait for the New GT3 Just a little bit ago, I published a story about the new GT3 from Porsche, but the simple fact of the matter is that you can buy a really great GT3 right now. This particular 2007 Porsche 911 GT3 is currently for sale on...

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Porsche 911 GT3 Spied Again at the Nurburgring

Best Look You’ll Get Before the Official Reveal The 992 Porsche 911 GT3 was spotted testing at the Nurburgring recently, according to EVO. The car had practically no camouflage on it, and it will be the first 992-gen 911 from Porsche’s GT division. Because the previous-gen car was so good,...

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André Hugo Loubser: 1940-2020

Two old friends – André Loubser hands a copy of his book ‘Kyalami’ to Sir Stirling Moss in the Drivers’ Club Lounge at the 2011 Goodwood Revival © Tony Willitt It is with great sadness that we bring you the news of André’s passing this last weekend. André was an...

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Listen To The New Porsche Type 992 GT3 Touring Around The Nurburgring

YouTuber Automotive Mike, who has posted videos of the Porsche Type 992 911 GT3 and a possible Sport Classic before, has managed to capture the “more civilized” version of the GT3 on video and audio. The GT3 Touring is the sleeper of the series, the one that can quietly wander...

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The Porsche Taycan Is Now the Company’s Best-Selling Model In Europe

Electric Car for the Win Porsche is known for its internal-combustion-engined sports cars, but soon it could be recognized for its electric cars instead of its rear-engined go-fast machines. The Porsche Taycan is now the best-selling car for the company in Europe. According to Carscoops, Porsche is doing pretty well...

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FOR SALE: 1991 Porsche 911 Carrera 2

The Car You Need Say hello to your next Porsche. This 1991 Porsche 911 Carrera 2 is a gorgeous example. Painted red over a tan leather interior, the car is in fantastic condition and is currently for sale on Bring a Trailer. Featuring a 3.6-liter flat six-cylinder engine with a...

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TechArt Reveals Range Of Upgrade Parts For The Porsche Type 992 911

TechArt has been an upgrade, aesthetics, and tuning house for Porsche’s since it was first formed in 1987. Everything from power upgrades, aggressive aerodynamics, and even full conversions (such as the GT Street R) have passed through its doors. Now, TechArt has released their latest aesthetic accessories for the Type...

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FOR SALE: 1960 Porsche 356B Roadster

A Beautiful Piece of Porsche History The 1960 Porsche 356B Roadster is an automotive icon. The vehicle is one of those highly sought after cars by collectors. That makes this particular one that’s for sale on Bring A Trailer special. The car has low miles (about 6,000) and looks absolutely...

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Porsche To Add A Supercar-Level Panamera As Soon As This Month

In a bit of a bait-and-switch, after revealing the new 2021 Porsche Panamera lineup just a couple of weeks ago, apparently, the top of the range is not the 621 BHP Turbo S. In fact, according to Australia’s WhichCar, the range-topping car will be a new 2021 Porsche Panemera Turbo...

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Porsche Type 997 911 GT2 RSR Flat Out At Monza

19Bozzy92, our favorite YouTuber, has caught an absolute stunner this time around, across two videos. The stunner in question is a custom made Porsche Type 997 “911 GT2 RSR”, developed with specialists RS Tuning. They took an existing 2012 Type 997 911 GT3 RSR Evo chassis, plucked the engine from...

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Drag Race: 812 Superfast VS Aventador SVJ 63 VS 992 911 Turbo S

Another week, another drag race! Although this week, we have a bit of a special one. Carwow, in their infinite wisdom, decided that the best way to find out which of the top-spec models from Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Porsche was to… well, race them! Once again, the tale of the...

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2021 Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Spied Testing

Porsche had a smash hit with the 2019 718 Cayman GT4. 414 HP from a 4.0-liter boxer 6, a decently affordable price, and a top speed that comes close to its bigger 911 brothers. Now, however, EVO Magazine has spotted an even more hardcore version of the GT4 coming, the...

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Mercedes-AMG “Not Happy” With Porsche’s Nurburgring Record

Porsche recently set the lap record for a premium luxury car around the infamous Nurburgring Nordschleife. It beat out the Mercedes-AMG GT63 S 4-door coupe by 0.3 seconds, with a total time of 7:29.81 to the Merc’s 7:30.10. Now, they say that competition breeds development and Mercedes-AMG is, in gentle...

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VIDEO: Drag Race: Porsche Taycan Turbo S VS Tesla Model S Cheetah Stance

While we keep saying that manufacturer quoted 0 to 60 times really don’t mean all that much, CarWow keeps doing drag races between cars, and honestly, as we have reported many times, we don’t get sick of them. This time, they’ve pitted the two “fastest” electric cars against one another,...

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All-Carbon Porsche 935 Tribute For Sale In Germany

Porsche 935 Tribute For Sale The 2019 Porsche 935 was a car that paid homage to a legendary car, the 1978 935/78 Moby Dick, in the best way possible. Sweeping lines, a long tail with a massive spoiler mounted above it, and the internals of a Type 991 911 GT2...

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The Porsche 993, Remastered By Gunther Werks

It’s no secret that when you make the same type of car for decades, you obviously learn many little tricks and tweaks to make your car better, and better, and better. Porsche has been doing this with the 911 since 1963. The Type 993 911, however, was the last of...

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2021 Porsche Panamera Turbo Sets A Nurburgring Record

The Porsche Panamera is a very divisive car. Upon its introduction in the late 2000s, it was both praised for its power, comfort, and cruising range, as much as it was derided for its looks and somewhat challenging aesthetics. However, Porsche stuck with it, and over the past decade, small...

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Porsche Type 991.X 911 GT3 RS Officially Gets The Manthey Racing Treatment

We’ve talked about the nutty-as-a-snickers-bar Porsche 911 GT2 RS MR before. In sum, it’s mental. It’s a car designed to be the absolute best that a GT2 RS can be. Now, however, as the Type 991.2 911 GT3 RS starts to wind down production in anticipation of the Type 992...

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VIDEO: Watch A McLaren P1 Drag Race Against A Porsche Taycan Turbo S

Whenever a new car is released, or you look at older spec cars, the first thing you usually find is the manufacturer’s pamphlet about it. This much weight, that much power, and then you get to the 0-62 MPH rating. There honestly is no real-world application that would ever need...

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This Porsche MOMO 356 RSR Outlaw by Rod Emory Is For Sale

Want to Join the Outlaw Gang? Rod Emory makes some of the most insane modified Porsches out there. This Porsche MOMO 356 RSR Outlaw built by Rod Emory is currently for sale and it’s an absolutely beautiful car unlike any other on the road. This car debuted in 2019 at...

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Pure Drag Racing: Porsche 911 Turbo S vs McLaren 720S

Manufacturers love to throw numbers about that really don’t have any real-world application. Chief among these are the infamous 0 to 60 times. There is only one place where that would really matter, and CarWow decided to pit the new 2021 Porsche Type 992 911 Turbo S against a 2020...

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This 1962 Porsche 356B Coupe Is For Sale on Bring a Trailer

A Beautiful Example With a Red Interior The Porsche 356B Coupe is a car that stands out in many people’s minds as an iconic Porsche model. It’s one that is easy to love and they’re not wildly expensive as far as collector cars go. Really good ones can reach well...

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Porsche Starts Prototyping 3D Printing Pistons For The GT2 RS

To think, ten years ago, 3D printing was a technology in its infancy and only available to massive organizations like NASA or militaries. Now, you can spend anywhere from a couple of hundred to a couple of thousand dollars and have a 3D printer sit beside your computer in the...

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Porsche GT2 RS MR On The Nordschleife

As Europe begins to reopen, many tracks are also opening with limited capacity for those that have been itching to get out and go fast. To celebrate this reopening, despite it ongoing for about a month now, today we have two very different cars doing two very different laps at...

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Porsche Possibly Testing A Type 992 911 Sport Classic

Dutch YouTuber Automotive Mike captured a pretty special little Porsche 911 development car at the Nurburgring Nordschleife… Wearing the same camouflage as the Porsche Type 992 911 GT3 models being developed, this car does not seem to be as hardcore as those RS model. What it does have, however, is...

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Doug DeMuro Reviews the 2020 Porsche Cayman GT4

His Favorite New Porsche Are you a Porsche fan? Who isn’t, right? Well, that means you’ll love this video of Doug DeMuro reviewing the new 2020 Porsche Cayman GT4. Doug’s one of the biggest voices out there, especially on YouTube, when it comes to cars. It’s easy to see why....

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Hans Mezger: 1929 to 2020

Porsche mourns the death of Hans Mezger – this photo was taken in 2007 It was with great sadness that the motoring and motorsport world learned last week of the passing of Hans Mezger, Porsche engineer extraordinaire. He died at the age of 90 years, having grown up and lived...

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The Greatest Porsche Engineer, Hans Mezger, Has Passed Away

It’s rare for us here at Supercars.net to post any news other than the most exciting new cars, the latest and greatest. Yet, today, we must take a somber tone. Hans Mezger has passed away at the age of 90 on June 10, 2020. For those not familiar with the...

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Porsche Unveils Heritage Design Editions Of The New Targa 4S

In a press release posted late in the day on June 2, Porsche revealed that the newly unveiled Type 992 911 Targa 4S will have a limited edition known as the Heritage Design Edition. What sets the Heritage Design versions apart from regular Targe 4S’s will be exclusive paint colors...

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Porsche 992 911 GT3 Roars During Nordschleife Testing

Since the Nurburgring Nordschleife reopened to tourist drives (touristenfahrten) earlier in the month, more and more people are now going to the Nordschleife. This is good news for those hoping to spy a car or two out there quietly, or in this case, not so quietly, doing testing and validation...

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Redman’s Roast Coffee

Brian Redman in a relaxed mood in the Drivers’ Club at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, 2008 Not many folk would have heard about Redman’s Roast, unless that is, you attended Brian Redman’s Targa Sixty Six event in February 2020, at Palm Beach International Raceway. Most of us like a...

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Gérard Larrousse celebrates his 80th birthday

Gérard Larrousse (2017) Former Porsche works driver, Gérard Larrousse, celebrates his 80th birthday on Saturday 23 May 2020. Gérard Gilles Marie Armand Larrousse was born in 1940 in Lyon, where his father ran a textile factory. “I was fascinated by motorbikes and sports cars from a young age but my...

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Porsche Type 992 911 Targa 4 & Targa 4S Officially Unveiled

This morning, as was teased last week, on Porsche’s own 9:11 Magazine online “TV” channel, the new Type 992 911 Targa 4 and 4S models were officially revealed. The new Targa continues to use the fully automatic roof of the Type 991.2 variant. A few engineering tweaks and optimizations mean...

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Two New Porsche Type 992 911 Models Coming Soon

Porsche is swinging for the fences this year, it seems. Not only is the Cayman GTS out, the new Cayman GT4 RS is coming, the new 911 Turbo S is out, and the Taycan is taking the EV world by storm. So what’s left for them to do? Why, announce...

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This 1958 Porsche 356A Speedster Is Beautiful and For Sale

A True Porsche Specimen The Porsche 356A Speedster is a beautiful car and an important part of Porsche’s long motoring history. There’s a 1958 version of the car for sale at Bring A Trailer right now. The current bid is at $205,000 and the auction ends in seven days. If...

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Watch A Porsche 992 911 Carrera S Go Nearly As Fast As It Can

During the coronavirus lockdown around the world, roads have been emptying of cars. In Europe, Germany locked down pretty quickly, leaving long stretches of its unlimited speed Autobahn sections virtually devoid of any traffic. As such, over the past few weeks, we’ve had some pretty astonishing top speed runs, such...

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Porsche 992 911 GT3 Testing At Monza

A week ago, spy shots of the new Porsche Type 992 911 GT3 testing on the Nordschleife in Germany were unveiled. Over the weekend, 19Bozzy92, on of YouTube’s best at capturing raw supercar sounds, was going through his older video captures. To his surprise, he found that he had captures...

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Watch A German Racing Driver Push A 2020 Porsche 911 Turbo S

The Germans are a very interesting bunch. They are friendly, helpful, have good beer and great food. But they are also driven by precision. Everything about them is precise, from their public transit through to their race drivers. With that in mind, watch German race driver and occasional TV presenter Tim Schrick...

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2020 Porsche Taycan 4S Drives Farther Than You Think

When Porsche initially introduced the 2020 Taycan model range, they were claiming that it, with “normal” driving, could reach about 220-230 miles on a charge. The EPA did their tests, and claimed an even lower 200-205 miles, with an average of 203. So when AutoBlog reviewer Dan Edmunds got his...

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Final Porsche Type 991 911 Speedster At Auction For COVID-19 Relief

Porsche, along with world famous auction house R. M. Sotheby’s, are auctioning off the last ever produced Type 991 911 Speedster in the USA. All of the proceeds, apart from taxes and auction house fees, are being donated by Porsche North America to the United Way’s COVID-19 Community Response and...

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Porsche Cayman GT4 RS Spied, Some Specs Revealed

There is a track drivers dream currently from Porsche in the 718 Cayman GT4. It has been known for a little while that a more hardcore version was coming. Now, as reported by CarBuzz, the upcoming 718 Cayman GT4 RS has broken cover and some juicy specs have been revealed....

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Bugatti & Porsche Officially Suspend Production

As coronavirus continues to spread across Europe, both Bugatti in France, and Porsche in Germany, have released press statements regarding the suspension of production. Bugatti, after the French government this week imposed severe restrictions on which business could remain open, was already winding down production on their own. The reason...

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Carfection Reviews A Singer Porsche 911 [VIDEO]

Carfection, they of great car reviews and sneak peeks at new and upcoming cars, posted late last night their latest review. Singer Designs is a specialist company, in that they take a 1989 to 1994 Type 964 Porsche 911, and over several thousand man-hours of labor, make it the perfect...

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Bill Gates Now Owns A Porsche Taycan

While not exactly the first person you’d call a car guy, Bill Gates has owned some pretty impressive cars in his time. One of his prized vehicles is the Porsche 959 he bought in the mid 80’s, before they became illegal to import, which he sometimes uses as his daily...

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Porsche 911 Carrera Aero & Appearance Packages Announced

As seen on AutoBlog, if you own the latest generation (Type 992) 911 Carrera, and can’t either wait for, or afford, the impending GT3 or Turbo variants, Porsche has an answer for you. The Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur division has announced two new kits that should be available now from dealerships...

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2020 Porsche 911 Carrera S & 4S (Type 992) Available With Manual Transmission

Last year, Car and Driver posted an article stating that the new 2020 Porsche 911 S and 4S of the Type 992 generation would have a manual transmission option. With Porsche updating their car configuration website recently, we have been able to confirm that for both US and Canada, the...

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Could a Porsche 911 Rival Come to Life In the Next BMW 6-Series?

Don’t Hold Your Breath The automotive publication Autocar has a talent for making news when interviewing executives from various automakers. In a recent interview with Adrian von Hooydonk, BMW’s design boss, Autocar asked him about a Porsche 911 competitor in the form of a new BMW 6-Series and he seemed...

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Porsche Goes With a Flat-Six in Cayman and Boxster GTS

Kicking the Four-Pot to the Curb In the new 718 Boxster and Cayman GTS, Porsche has replaced the 2.5-liter turbocharged four-cylinder with a 4.0-liter naturally aspirated flat-six engine pulled from the Spyder and GT4. The four-pot engine is still available in the S version of the cars and below, but...

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Porsche Posts Record Sales in 2019

It’s Not All Doom and Gloom Porsche has always stood out as an automaker. The company makes some of the best sports cars out there and has for a very long time. While the cars stand out, so do the company’s sales numbers. If you look at the sales numbers...

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Best features of 2019

Total 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, 4 May 2019: Imagine the surprise when we arrived at the track, to be greeted by a scene of snowy white with zero degrees showing on the circuit thermometer, and then to get a further snowy blast at the start of the race. This was...

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New Porsche Macan GTS Is Coming

The Audi SQ5 Had Better Watch Out Porsche has more competition than ever before for its SUVs. The 2020 Porsche Macan GTS is here to respond to other high-powered SUVs like the Audi SQ5. The vehicle has received some updates to keep it as the important vehicle it is in...

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Porsche May Use a Hybrid Powertrain Designed for F1 in New Hypercar

The 918 Successor? Porsche was going to build an all-electric hypercar, but those plans got scrapped at one point, according to The Supercar Blog. Now, there’s new information from Autocar that suggests the company will build a 918 successor, a hypercar with a hybrid powertrain. That hybrid powertrain could be...

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Porsche comes full circle with Team Perfect Circle

1969 Porsche 917 and 1958 Porsche 356 Speedster at The Capital hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa It’s funny how things have a way of working out perfectly on the spur of the moment. Recently we covered the Team Perfect Circle’s preparation for the forthcoming Kyalami 9 Hour on 23 November 2019....

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Could Lotus Be Planning a Porsche Boxster-Rivaling Elan Revival?

It Sounds Like It Lotus has long been held up as one of the best sports car manufacturers out there. The company builds excellent cars, one that went away a while back but was a staple in the sports car market was the Elan. According to Autocar, Lotus may be...

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Porsche celebrates “50 years of the 917”

50 years of the Porsche 917 Anniversary The most famous racing car of all time made its debut at the Geneva Motor Show on 12 March 1969, and the Porsche Museum is celebrating the landmark birthday with plans to restore the first 917 ever made to its original condition, as...

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Porsche Confirmed a Manual for the Carrera S and 4S Models

Yes, the Stick Is Available The manual transmission of the 992-generation 911 from Porsche was already promised but now it has been confirmed. The company finally released the information about the manual transmission. The U.S. will receive the manual transmission before other markets in the world. Euro-spec 911s could get...

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Valuable Porsche book discount offer

We have published no less than 77 book reviews in the last three years, bringing you news and comments on some of the best Porsche publications to hit the book shops during that time. We know that many of our readers find the Book Review section on our website particularly...

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The Emory Motorsports 1959½ ‘Transitional’ Speedster Is the Next Step in the Outlaw 356 Evolution

Shifting the Recipe a Bit Rod Emory of Emory Motorsports has revealed the 1959½ Speedster. It’s the latest evolution of the company’s vision for its Outlaw 356 Porsches. The Transitional Speedster you see here came to be from a 356 coupe that had sustained significant roof damage. The roof was...

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This Emory Motorsports 1959 Outlaw Porsche 356A Is For Sale

One of the Best ‘Outlaws’ on the Planet Emory Motorsports is a company that makes the best Porsche “Outlaw” cars. The attention to detail is stunning and there are few more beautiful machines to exist. Now there is a 1959 Porsche 356A sunroof coupe for sale on Bring a Trailer....

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Kyalami 9 Hour – Revival of a Great Classic

Kyalami Racing Circuit – 2019 Last held officially as a 9-hour race back in 1982, Kyalami will play host to the revival of a great classic endurance race next month, the Kyalami 9 Hour. Run by the masters of the international endurance motor racing scene today, the SRO Motorsport Group,...

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Michael Fassbender’s “Road to Le Mans” Hits YouTube Oct. 11

Actor Turned Racer Michael Fassbender documented his path to racing in Le Mans. The actor underwent some serious training in order to get ready for the most amazing endurance race in the entire world. Now that journey will come to the screen in a series on YouTube called Road to...

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The Porsche Museum Showcases Arab Prince’s Custom 959s

Feast Your Eyes on These Custom 959s The Porsche Museum has a couple of very special cars on display right now. They’re two of seven custom 959s that were built for an Arab prince in the late 1980s, according to Motor1. The Porsche 959 is an extremely rare car already,...

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The Porsche Taycan, Hennessey Performance’s First Electric Car

You Can Bet This One Will be Fast The Porsche Taycan will be the first electric car that the Texas-based tuner company Hennessey Performance will modify and sell. CEO John Hennessey confirmed this by saying, “We felt that the new Porsche Taycan was the right platform from which to modify...

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2020 Porsche 911 GTS Spotted Without Camo

Best Porsche 911? Porsche has plenty of variations of the 911, and the new 992 version of the car is still seeing those different versions roll out. Recently, Carscoops shared an image of the Porsche 911 GTS without any camo wrap on it. The car has been spotted out testing...

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Rare Shades 4 brings a palette of painted Porsches to Los Angeles

Rare Shades 4, Los Angeles arts district, 14 September 2019 Why would dozens of Porsches converge on a side street nestled among gritty brick and mortar buildings covered with painted murals in downtown Los Angeles? But why would they do it on September 14? Rare Shades 4, Los Angeles arts...

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The Tesla Model S Is Faster Than the Porsche Taycan at the Nurburgring

It’s Not as Stock Model S In recent testing by Tesla, the company managed to get a Model S around the Nurburging track in just 7 minutes and 23 seconds, according to The Supercar Blog. That’s a full 20 seconds faster than the Porsche Taycan. Tesla has two Model S...

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Porsche Offers AWD 2020 911 Carrera 4 Coupe and Cabriolet

Your All-Season Sports Car is Here In an effort to expand its 911 lineup even further, Porsche added two all-wheel-drive models for 2020. The company recently unveiled the 992 generation of the 911, and now it has the 911 Carrera 4 Coupe and 911 Carrera 4 Cabriolet. The two models...

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Top Gear Gets to Do a Deep Dive of the Porsche Taycan

Jack Rix Takes a Closer Look The Porsche Taycan just debuted. We watched the live stream and reported on the car and its reveal. The new Taycan is an important car for Porsche, and because of this the company wants to get as much coverage as possible. That’s why the...

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The Porsche Taycan Officially Debuts

Porsche’s Game-Changing Electric Car The Porsche Taycan was revealed today at 9 am. In an extremely elaborate showing of the car, the company had the live stream presentation span across three locations around the world: Germany, Canada, and China. After a whole lot of discussion about what the Taycan means...

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The World Premiere of the Porsche Taycan

Porsche Taycan World Premiere on September 4 at 9 am And so the future begins. Porsche’s Taycan will be one of the most advanced production all-electric cars the world has ever seen. Porsche will reveal the car in all its splendor tomorrow, September 4th at 9 a.m. eastern time. You...

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The Porsche Taycan Will Make 700 HP Thanks to an Overboost Function

Porsche’s Electric Car Is Wicked Powerful The Porsche Taycan is the electric car that will help change Porsche and the rest of the automotive world. The vehicle is a marvel of automotive engineering and recently set the record around the Nurburgring. Recent reports indicate that the car can make 700...

Events

Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion 2019

It may have taken place just over a week ago, but the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion 2019 was another top-drawer event that should be celebrated for the manner in which it has lifted the profile of yesterday’s great race cars. The growth in historic race reunions, revivals, festivals and the...

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The 2020 Porsche Macan Turbo Offers Up 434 HP

The Speedier Macan Porsche unveiled a refreshed Macan last year. Now a Macan Turbo joins the ranks. The 2020 Porsche Macan Turbo features a 3.6-liter V6 engine that puts out 434 hp and 405 lb-ft of torque. Mated to that engine is a seven-speed PDK dual-clutch transmission. Porsche Traction Management...

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Ferdinand Piëch: 17 April 1937 to 25 August 2019

Professor Ferdinand Porsche (centre) with F. A. ‘Butzi’ Porsche (left) and Ferdinand Piëch (right), ca. 1949 Ferdinand Karl Piëch was born in Vienna, Austria, on 17 April 1937, to Louise (daughter to Ferdinand and sister of Ferry Porsche) and Anton Piëch, a lawyer. He was the grandson of Ferdinand Porsche,...

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Porsche Appears to Underrate the 911 Carrera S’ Power Numbers

Making More Power Than Claimed Toyota doesn’t appear to be the only company understating the power of its sports cars. Recently, MotorTrend did a dyno test of the Porsche 911 Carrera S and found that the car is making different power numbers than the company states in its literature. By...

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Here’s a Look at the Porsche Taycan’s Interior

The Electric Porsche’s Cabin Is Gorgeous The Porsche Taycan is the company’s first all-electric car, and it will be an impressive machine by all accounts. The company will reveal the car in full on September 4 of this year. That’s not far away, and the company has been teasing the...

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2020 Porsche Cayenne Turbo S E-Hybrid

More Powerful Than Most 911s We’re pretty firm believers that sports cars are always going to be more enticing than SUVs, but the Porsche Cayenne Turbo S E-Hybrid that Porsche recently released wants to challenge that assertion. The SUV is a super-powerful hybrid that can sprint to 60 mph in...

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Chris Harris Takes a Look at the First Porsche Ever Made

Porshe’s First Experiment at a Sports Car Now, to some, it may seem silly to have a car that tops out at 88 mph on a website that features 1,000 hp hypercars, but those people are wrong. The Porsche Type 64 is where it began, where Porsche’s humble beginnings hinted...

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Watch the 2020 Supra Lap Buttonwillow Raceway Faster than a Porsche 911 GT2

The Supra Is Super Speedy The 2020 Toyota Supra was less exciting than some people would have hoped, but there’s no denying even from its many critics that the car is an impressive and fast machine. The car might not be designed for the racetrack, but that doesn’t mean it...

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Contributor Richard Wiley is honoured

Richard Wiley at Le Mans 24H, 2019 PORSCHE ROAD & RACE is proud to announce that contributor Richard Wiley was recently honoured by the South African Guild of Motoring Journalists. Following his passion for writing on all things motoring and motorsport related over several decades, the honour of Fellow of...

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Porsche 911 and 718 Models to Become Even More Personalized

Get a Car Built for You Porsche cars are some of the most customizable from the factory that you can buy. There are 39 different variants between the 911 and 718 and then there’s a long list of options to choose from. According to Autocar, plant manager Christian Friedl said...

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The Flat Six in the New 718 Cayman GT4 Will Likely Go to Other Porsche Models

Getting the Most Out of the Engine At the Goodwood Festival of Speed, Porsche GT boss Andreas Preuninger sat down with Car Throttle to discuss the new engine in the 718 Cayman GT4. What he said about it sheds a little more light on the engine as a whole. It...

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Announcing the 2019 Porsche 911 RSR

Improving a Car That’s Already Excellent The Porsche 911 RSR is a car that has won more than 20 FIA World Endurance Championship races. Porsche hasn’t decided to rest on its laurels, though. The company didn’t even want to make evolutionary changes to its winning racecar. Instead, it replaced 95 percent...

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Porsche Has Retro-Inspired Special Editions Planned

Drawing Inspiration from the 1950s and 1980s Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur made an announcement that it will build some retro-inspired models based on cars from the 1950s and 1980s. There isn’t a lot of information at this time, but the company said it’s building these cars as lifestyle cars and that means...

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Porsche’s 718 Spyder and 718 Cayman GT4 are Ready for Action

Meet the New Range-Toppers Porsche has unveiled the new 718 Spyder and Cayman GT4. The new top-of-the-lineup cars feature some updates to the body, borrowing from other Porsche models in some cases. However, the big news for the model is the newly developed 4.0-liter flat six-cylinder engine that makes a...

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Porsche CEO Says Taycan Handles Like the 911

A Bold Claim The Porsche Taycan is an important car for the company. It has to be truly good for the company to compete as it would like to in the market. If the CEO’s claims are true and the power and range ratings are accurate, we can see no...

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Watch a Porsche 911 GT3 RS And Mercedes-AMG GT R Attack the Nurburgring

Two High-Powered Cars Doing What They Do Best The Porsche 911 GT3 RS and the Mercedes-AMG GT-R are two amazing performance machines, and there’s no better place for the drivers of these two cars to have some fun than the Nurburgring. The cars are very evenly matched. When Mercedes set its...

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Porsche Will Offer the Cayman and Boxster With a Flat-Six Engine

Porsche Fans, Rejoice! Porsche appears to have made a decision that will thrill sports car enthusiasts and Porsche enthusiasts everywhere. The company will bring it’s silky smooth flat-six to the Boxster and the 718 Cayman. The flat-six mill will be in a car that sits below the model line toppers...

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Stunning Porsche 935 Tribute Liveries

Feast Your Eyes on These Porsche 935 Tribute Colors The modern 935 Clubsport from Porsche is a car that’s simply to die for. It’s drop-dead gorgeous and features a 700 hp and a body reminiscent of the legendary Porsche 935/78. Now the modern car will really look the part thanks...

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50 Years of the Porsche 917 – Colours of Speed

The Porsche 917-001 will be shown in the Porsche Museum for the first time in its original condition My 2019 European Expedition had been organised for some months, which was to take in the WEC Spa-Francorchamps 6 Hours (1-4 May) followed by almost a week in Stuttgart (5-10 May). It...

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Top Gear Races the Lotus Exige Cup 430 Against the Audi RS5 and the Porsche Cayman GTS

Sport vs. Sporty vs. Sportiest On paper, you might not be surprised to see the result in the Top Gear video below. However, you might be surprised to see the manner in which it happens. The Lotus Exige Cup 430 is a bonafide speed racer and it makes 430 hp...

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BMW Alpina B5 Bi-Turbo Touring AWD Passes Porsche and AMG in New Ad

It’s a Wagon with 608 hp The BMW Alpina B5 Bi-Turbo Touring AWD doesn’t look any more intimidating than any other wagon, but it hides a secret that you’re bound to find out about the moment you touch the throttle. The car has a 608 hp and 590 lb-ft of...

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Watch the Porsche 911 Speedster Highlights Film and Long for the Car

This Is the 911 We Want The Porsche 911 Speedster is one of Porsche’s most beautiful cars ever. The model takes everything we could love about the 911 and puts it into an open-top speedster that’s extremely fast. The company recently released a highlight video of the car showcasing all...

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Watch the Porsche 992 take on the Audi R8, Nissan GT-R Nismo, and BMW M850i in a Drag Race

The Ultimate AWD Drag Race The website Carwow wanted to see just how the New Porsche 911 Carrera 4S stacks up against the other all-wheel-drive high-end sports cars out there. That meant the company had to stage a serious test, and that led the testers to the drag strip. The...

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The iconic new 911 Speedster breaks cover

2019 model Porsche 911 Speedster Last week, at the New York International Auto Show, the iconic new 911 Speedster was unveiled by Porsche North America. Following on in the tradition that less is more, the Stuttgart manufacturer revealed to the public the latest model that will carry the Speedster flame...

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Watch a Porsche GT3 and GT3 RS Go Head-to-Head at the Dragstrip

Some German-Engineered Fun The Porsche 911 GT3 and GT3 RS are both amazing cars. On a racetrack, the GT3 RS is the obvious winner with more power and better aerodynamics, but what happens when you put them on the dragstrip? Is the RS really a faster car in a straight...

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Porsche Could Reveal a 911 Speedster In New York

The Concept Finally Comes To Life The Porsche 911 Speedster concept was a beautiful example of what a speedster would look like from the brand. Now it seems that the company will debut the production model of the car at the New York Auto Show. The production model of the...

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Exclusive: Makellos Classics ‘Spec Check’ Video Details Its Outlaw 1978 Porsche 911 SC Safari

Wipe the Drool From Your Chin It’s not every day that a European spec 1978 Porsche 911 SC comes your way, and when the guys at Makellos Classics saw the car for the first time, they knew right away it would be the perfect candidate for a safari project. The...

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